stevendom57 Posted August 25, 2019 #1 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I am going on the Joy in 13 days. I have my reservations for the three specialty dinners made. I was poking around the web site and I see that the three MDRs, Savor, Taste and Manhatten also offer reservations. I thought NCL was freestyle dining, show up and be seated. Do I really need to make reservations? TIA Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare KeithJenner Posted August 25, 2019 #2 Share Posted August 25, 2019 No you don’t need to at all. I have never made reservations for the MDRs. At busy times there may be a bit of a wait, but you will always get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevendom57 Posted August 26, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) 13 minutes ago, KeithJenner said: At busy times there may be a bit of a wait Thanks. My wife and I are early eaters, usually 5:30 to 6:00. Should I be worried that this is a "busy time"? Edited August 26, 2019 by stevendom57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppcox Posted August 26, 2019 #4 Share Posted August 26, 2019 14 minutes ago, stevendom57 said: I am going on the Joy in 13 days. I have my reservations for the three specialty dinners made. I was poking around the web site and I see that the three MDRs, Savor, Taste and Manhatten also offer reservations. I thought NCL was freestyle dining, show up and be seated. Do I really need to make reservations? TIA Steven I always make reservations online before hand for dinner if it’s speciality or MDR I find it easier to have some pre planned things like dinner and show times and then we fit in other things around them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trivimp Posted August 26, 2019 #5 Share Posted August 26, 2019 It works like your average land-based restaurant, just show up & they'll seat you. If it's busy, they'll hand you a pager & you can wait at the bar. That being said, there's usually a run on the hostess kiosk right when the dining room opens (around 5:00 or 5:30,) but once they get all the early birds seated, it'll generally be pretty quiet for the first hour. You should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare KeithJenner Posted August 26, 2019 #6 Share Posted August 26, 2019 1 hour ago, stevendom57 said: Thanks. My wife and I are early eaters, usually 5:30 to 6:00. Should I be worried that this is a "busy time"? We generally eat early, and it has never taken us more than a few minutes to be seated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nola26 Posted August 26, 2019 #7 Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) I have sailed during the Holidays. I make MDR reservations on the actual holiday and sometimes on sea days. Definitely not generally required to have one. Edited August 26, 2019 by Nola26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevendom57 Posted August 26, 2019 Author #8 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Thanks, everyone. Based upon your comments, I'm gonna freestyle it. Just show up and not make reservations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo18 Posted August 26, 2019 #9 Share Posted August 26, 2019 We had no problems getting a table on Breakaway. Savor and Taste were busy a couple of nights but we were just sent over to Manhattan where we were seated immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnChiang Posted August 26, 2019 #10 Share Posted August 26, 2019 On the ships where Burn the Floor performs in The Manhattan Room, you should make dining reservations if you want to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirenitas Posted August 27, 2019 #11 Share Posted August 27, 2019 I think right after the shows they would get pretty busy. Savor and Taste always seemed to have a wait when we sailed the BA in May. I had made reservations because I was timing it to line up with the shows we had booked. One day the Savor hostess was super rude to us so we just left and went to Manhattan - they never had a wait and we actually liked it better there than Savor and Taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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